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The role of plastic reconstructive surgery in surgical therapy of soft tissue sarcomas

Background: Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) treatment is an interdisciplinary challenge. Along with radio(chemo)therapy, surgery plays the central role in STS treatment. Little is known about the impact of reconstructive surgery on STS, particularly whether reconstructive surgery enhances STS resection su...

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Main Authors: Götzl, Rebekka (Author) , Sterzinger, Sebastian (Author) , Arkudas, Andreas (Author) , Boos, Anja M. (Author) , Semrau, Sabine (Author) , Vassos, Nikolaos (Author) , Grützmann, Robert (Author) , Agaimy, Abbas (Author) , Hohenberger, Werner (Author) , Horch, Raymund (Author) , Beier, Justus (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 26 November 2020
In: Cancers
Year: 2020, Volume: 12, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-17
ISSN:2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers12123534
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12123534
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/12/12/3534
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Author Notes:Rebekka Götzl, Sebastian Sterzinger, Andreas Arkudas, Anja M. Boos, Sabine Semrau, Nikolaos Vassos, Robert Grützmann, Abbas Agaimy, Werner Hohenberger, Raymund E. Horch and Justus P. Beier
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Summary:Background: Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) treatment is an interdisciplinary challenge. Along with radio(chemo)therapy, surgery plays the central role in STS treatment. Little is known about the impact of reconstructive surgery on STS, particularly whether reconstructive surgery enhances STS resection success with the usage of flaps. Here, we analyzed the 10-year experience at a university hospital’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, focusing on the role of reconstructive surgery. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of STS-patients over 10 years. We investigated patient demographics, diagnosis, surgical management, tissue/function reconstruction, complication rates, resection status, local recurrence and survival. Results: Analysis of 290 patients showed an association between clear surgical margin (R0) resections and higher-grade sarcoma in patients with free flaps. Major complications were lower with primary wound closure than with flaps. Comparison of reconstruction techniques showed no significant differences in complication rates. Wound healing was impaired in STS recurrence. The local recurrence risk was over two times higher with primary wound closure than with flaps. Conclusion: Defect reconstructions in STS are reliable and safe. Plastic surgeons should have a permanent place in interdisciplinary surgical STS treatment, with the full armamentarium of reconstruction methods.
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ISSN:2072-6694
DOI:10.3390/cancers12123534

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